this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from

Sun hitting the snow capped Lugnaquilla as it rises over Carlow and Wicklow.

Ireland, Day 1056 of The Rain. Everything is saturated to the grey of the sky. Moss covers every surface. The outdoors sounds like constant static. The entire staff of Met Éireann is on mental health leave. I’ve forgotten what dry clothes feel like. It is still a yellow weather alert. #SpeirGorm

This track goes so hard you could fire it at Russian tanks. youtu.be/mgNtWmu0SkY?...

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

This is excellent.

Always.

Read all of the comments in this incredible thread.

How to get to know all your neighbours. Get a puppy.

We need just 569 more Irish people to sign this official EU citizen initiative to pass our threshold. If you truly support #JusticeForPalestine and you haven't signed, why not? 🇵🇸🙏 #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #IrishSky #Ireland

A puppy remake of a movie epic about oil tycoon and his family: There Will be Poop.

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

Whilst I dislike referring to pets as "furbabies" and calling their owners "moms and dads", it does feel like getting parental leave when you have a new puppy would be an amazing thing.

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

mr. mamdani i sincerely apologize for the mileage this image is going to get

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Completely. Minnesota is massively impressive in the solidarity and care they are showing to each other; the organization is so impressive. Minnesota is going to be the blueprint for how we win against these fascist fucks, worldwide.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

I volunteered at Marsh's for about a year many many moons ago. It's a wonderful place, with wonderful staff. Giving tours was a real pleasure. If you have the time, do consider.

In this current increasingly worsening hellscape, I should note that we got a new puppy on Sunday. She's a 4-month old rescue, spirited and very smart, and shares my birthday. The house is now covered in detritus of various sorts. Good thing: Puppy Less good thing: I'm very tired

Kinda wild that in the past 2 years I've seen more northern lights in Ireland than in 19 years growing up in Finland.

1) Write to any school a child of yours is in (you can add a link to the gist essay if that’s helpful) and ask the school to close their x account. 2) Irish Rail exclusively use X to provide travel alerts. Email them and ask them to move those alerts to their own app, or Instagram or anywhere else.

Agree with this. I find complaints about the user experience foreign. But I also block and detach on a hair trigger. Anything in my direction that's remotely negative, passive-aggressive or outright hostile is an insta-block. Sometimes I block in advance like a precog. This place is fine.

I like my job well enough that I don't mind going in again after a long break but I could have done without sleeping in and having to go straight out without coffee. I didn't think I even closed my eyes after the alarm went off.

The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics. It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

The shorteste daye The longest nighte Welcome, sun Welcome, lighte

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

Social cohesion? My immediate social circle is rupturing because people can't afford to rent or buy a place to live in. That has nothing to do with people of different colour that the minister is clearly referring to.

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Hey Stranger Things, love ya but what's with the fat kids coded evil and stupid?

Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that. Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us. resonantcomputing.org

Ehh. Elk Dolphin Monkey Hummingbird Sea eagle

what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland

Again, I’ll repeat. Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation It’s what we do!!!

The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.

You don't get to say you hate speaking into a microphone. There's folks who hate not being able to hear what's going on.

Do it. Can we do a thread about nicknames too? #speirgorm

Have been sent the clip of Bernese Mountain Dog owners sending off Michael D twice by heart-melted people outside of Ireland. What a country.

I am commandir Shepard and thys ys my favourite blue sky on the citadel.

Happye N7 daye. Ich celebratid by doinge some calibraciouns. Ich hope we get anothir Mass Effecte.

This is indeed what occurred to me too.

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Now do the show but only with senior academics.

Sat down at my desk in the office and counting my blessings, when I like the physical office I work in (stairs to the top floor in a historical building not withstanding), the people I work with, and the work I do.

I'm so disappointed with Simon Harris. No love, an immigrant